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Oil shale
Hi Maveric149. You are listed as a participant in WikiProject Geology. Maybe you to please consider helping to improve the oil shale article. This article has developed quite well, but some more expert assistance is needed. Thank you in advance. Beagel 17:23, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sadly, I don't know too much about that subject. --mav

Belated thanks
Hey, there. Thanks for the warm welcome you gave me when I started editing, in a time when Wikipedia was still a quiet little encyclopedia. Better late than never! --Atlan (talk) 18:00, 7 June 2007 (UTC)


 * NP :) --mav

AfD nomination of Ukrain
I've nominated Ukrain, an article you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but in this particular case I do not feel that Ukrain satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion; I have explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Ukrain& and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Ukrain during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Javit 20:05, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

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Re:collaboration of the week/month?
your comments- Anybody here interested in starting a collaboration of the week or even month? Would be a good way to get some A level and even GA and FA geology articles. We should focus our efforts on Top and High importance articles that need help. --mav 05:43, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * in reply- i think thats a great idea. 06:27, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Confirm Permission on OTRS System
Hello, would you be able to confirm that permission for the image Washington Crossing Bridge-Flood of June 2006.jpg has been archived on OTRS? The image is currently being used in the article Washington Crossing Bridge, under the section titled, "Recent Floods." Thank you. Sunweb52 23:35, 17 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Why is that necessary? --mav

Would you like to Participate?
Hi Maverick,

I'm an Australian Research Student who is researching Wikipedia for my thesis. As part of this I'm interviewing many Wikipedians about their experiences and views-and I'd love to interview you if you're interested.

I notice that you wrote the original pages for the 'Resolving Disputes'policy and that you've been an active member since 2001. So I'm sure you'd have a lot of insights and experiences that would be very interesting!

All the research has been approved by the uni's ethics committee, and of course you can remain anonymous.

If you're interested please let me know on either my talk page or by email, and I can give you the full details.

Hope to hear from you, tamsin 02:17, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Geology of the Lassen volcanic area
I just don't have time right now. If you removed all the Mesozoic stuff it might simply be better. I will look at what you have. This article is really problematic, though. The geology of California is extraordinarily complex, as you know if you did your undergrad in California. There are ways around this problem which can lead to adequate to even very good articles on California geology for Wikipedia. However, compared to how studied the geology of the state is versus how many California geology articles there are compared to other areas, one might wonder why. The reason is it is so complex. Have you looked at Cordilleran Section (AGS) articles on Lassen? Are there any? Their yearly field trip guidebooks would be at an appropriate level for someone with some background in geology, without being so technical as to be useless for a Wikipedia article. KP Botany 03:59, 20 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I assume you mean 'Associated Geology Students' with 'AGS'. The uni I went to did not have an AGS and I can't find a central website for it (just webpages for various geology clubs at specific unis). I'm also uncertain if such a field guide would be usable in Wikipedia per WP:CITE requirements for references. I'm already aware of the general order of geologic events in western North America, so I don't need a primer (if that is what you are implying). I just missed a distinction that is rarely made clear in texts aimed at a general readership (as this article is). I think that issue is fixed now. -- mav
 * I meant GSA Cordilleran Section field trip guidebooks, sorry for saing AGS, as I'm doing some AGU stuff. If you have a background in geology you should have clarified this up without my having to point it out during an FAC, so stop making nasty comments to me, and get the articles properly together before you put them up for FA.  This is a major distinction, the composition of the basement versus the orogeny.  I'll look at it this weekend.  KP Botany 14:05, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Where am I making nasty comments? The basement vs orogeny issue has been fixed - and yet you put the factual accuracy tag back on the article. Why? --mav 20:20, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * "Oh, and please stop being so dramatic." Discussing the editor is a nasty comment, because it's personal--you know nothing about me and my level of drama.  Discuss the issue, not the editor.  KP Botany 19:20, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * PS, Love your cat. KP Botany 19:21, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Then I apologize. However, in my defense, you also discussed the editor when you called my knowledge of geology into question. A more productive approach would have been to simply state what needed to be improved in the article. --mav
 * The problem is I tried to point out just how bad the issue with the article was and you came back defending the article. I initially was straight-forward about the introduction because in spite of the almost exclusively layman-level references it appeared the article had been written by someone with a technical background in geology.  But picked at my words without addressing the content, and the major issue remains the content of the introduction--still.  You left me rather surprised, because I assumed I had made a faulty assumption, namely that the article had been written by someone with a background in geology, and wrongly addressed the editors with this assumption--so I had to say something, anything, that made it clear just how poorly elaborated the underlying rocks were, and how poorly developed in light of the geology, the introduction was.  I do apologize for the way I said it, but I think, mav, if you look back at my initial comment, I gave you very specific geologic issues that you could have addressed, and you chose not to, leaving me without a clue what was going on.  I'm fine with working with you, but the geology of the Lassen area is rather complex, and isn't my area (strata, give me strata or nothing), and I am preparing for a show.  Let's try to think of a more reasonable starting point, time wise.  KP Botany 05:37, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

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Lassen image
Can't Image:USA Lassen NP Kings Creek CA edit3.jpg be used somewhere ? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:35, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Good catch. I put it at Lassen Volcanic National Park. --mav 13:19, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Geology of the Lassen volcanic area
Hi, i re-reviewed the article lead section and left notes on the FAC page. The good news is that the article has promise for FA and the not-so-good news is that the lead section still needs significant work. --Kalyan 14:26, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Geology of the Bryce Canyon area FAR
Geology of the Bryce Canyon area has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 20:14, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Your usurpation request

 * Changing username/Usurpations

According to Redux here it appears that the UID does transfer when an account is renamed. Could you confirm whether given this you are still interested in usurping Mav? WjBscribe 21:30, 12 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Please proceed. --mav

Ahhh!
I looked at your edit count, and it (at this time) is exactly 45,000. That's kind of odd, because I checked someones else's (I forgot who it was..) edit count a few days ago, and it was exactly 45,000. That's just craziness. — thesublime514  •  talk  • 04:20, July 13, 2007 (UTC)


 * There is a bug in the edit counter; it can only count to 45,000. :) --mav


 * Dangit. Haha, okay — thesublime514  •  talk  • 14:16, July 13, 2007 (UTC)

Pictures of Yellowstone forests
Hi Mav...I know you were in Yellowstone NP not too long ago and I was wondering if you happened to capture any images of some of the regrown forestlands since the 1988 fires. I'm working on an article about these fires and have gathered a bunch of public domain images on the incident and some showing regrowth up to about 1998. I am slowly putting together what I hope will be a big article about the Yellowstone Fire of 1988 as I spent 52 days there then fighting those fires and I have a lot of personal knowledge...I am hoping to get a few books delivered to my place soon so I can reference them along with what I can find on the web. It would be great to get some images that are less than a few years old. If you have any images of the regrowth from your latest visit and would like to share, I have a repository on Commons here. Or if you know of where I might find images related to this event let me know. Much appreciated.--MONGO 07:06, 13 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Neat plan! Here is one from 2006 image:Burn area in Yellowstone National Park.JPG. I probably have some more in the images I didn't upload - I'll take a look. Anything specific you want to see? --mav
 * That image is perfect! It shows some of the dead snags still standing as well as new growth and is only from last year. The Yellowstone digital file pages have a lot of images that are public domain, but as I said, the newest ones I could find that showed post fire growth were taken almost 10 years ago. I guess those snags must stand a long time after a fire as I found some images taken in the 70's that showed still standing snags from a fire in the 30's! I guess a couple more of similar quality to that will help show the progression from complete burnover in 1988 through regrowth in the last 20 years (wow, has it been that long...it seems like yesterday). If you have any you stumble across that would be great, but the one you have provided may be sufficient to show the progression. I added your image to the Commons page I started. Much appreciated!--MONGO 21:53, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar of Extreme Patience
Mav: here, have a Barnstar for your Extreme Patience and Good Will over the FAC for Geology of the Lassen area: I am in awe at how calm and patient you have been through the whole experience. Thanks! hike395 20:20, 15 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the barnstar - it put a smile on my face. :) --mav

Manzanar
Would appreciate it if you could drop Talk:Manzanar and add your two cents to the debate on terminology to be used. You might also want to take a look at the much-expanded article...Manzanar. Gmatsuda 04:30, 21 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your kind words. It's been a lot of work, but the Manzanar article will get to FA status some day. That's my goal. :-) Gmatsuda 22:35, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Thought I'd let you know that Manzanar was promoted to FA status on September 17, 2007. I know what you did was just a stub, but every article has to start somewhere, and you started it all, so pat yourself on the back! -- Gmatsuda 22:18, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

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Virginia Tech Massacre/Shooting[s]
Hi, I've noticed that in the past, you favored alternatives to using the word "massacre," which you found POV and sensationalistic, to describe the events at Virginia Tech. I was wondering if you still felt that way, or if you think we should just let it stay the way it is (as Rdfox 76 feels). If you'd like, you could respond on my talk page, or in the topic. Thanks, Maxisdetermined 16:53, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator selection
The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are looking to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by August 14! Kirill 03:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Peer review on History of Georgia Tech
I finally got around to writing a longer lead on History of Georgia Tech, the last of your peer review suggestions that I needed to do. Care to have another look at the article? Once you do, I think it's time to throw the article to FAC. :) —Disavian (talk/contribs) 05:23, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and nominated it. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 05:23, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

The FAC was closed as not promoted, which is a decision I agree with. I still have a lot of work to do expanding the article content-wise, and a vacation coming up in a few days. Thanks for helping. I'll be sure to notify you when I nominate it again. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 00:51, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Wide periodic table as the Wikipedia default?
Please contribute to the discussion at Template_talk:PeriodicTable if you have an opinion about the topic. Flying Jazz 09:31, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The discussion has been moved to Talk:Periodic table (standard) because that template will probably be speedy deleted. Please see my comments there. Flying Jazz 18:24, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Notification of proposal: Guideline/policy governing lists
Dear editor:

Given your extensive experience here on Wikipedia, I would greatly appreciate your input on the following topic:

Village pump (policy)

Thank you in advance for any thoughts you may have on the topic.

Regards,

Sidatio 15:46, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

PS - We like your cat.

Image source problem with Image:Captain Jack's cave at Captain Jack's Stronghold in Lava Beds NM-750px.JPG
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 * Thanks. Would you mind changing the licensing to GFDL-self if you agree with it? I noticed that the current license was added by another user.  Pagra shtak  18:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense
A page you were one of the original contributors back in March 2002, Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense, was speedy deleted 09:30, 14 August 2007 and now that deletion is being discussed here at deletion review. Please consider participating in the discussion. --  Jreferee  (Talk) 17:01, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Inquiry
Ok, who's Mougie? Your cat? Just curious...
 * Yep - my cat. :) --mav

MfD nomination of Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense
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An invitation to help
Good evening (at least where I am it is evening). I have read many of your interventions in diverse articles. I wanted to invite you to visit WP:TRUEORIG where you can see if you are interested in participating or at least help us sometimes in your areas of knowledge. Have a very nice evening Heltzen 21:13, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Look alike
Looks exactly like my Samson ! (Your cat) Heltzen 21:15, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikimania
Since you're a fellow Wikipedian in Atlanta, I'd like you to know that we're putting together a bid to host Wikimania in Atlanta, on Georgia Tech's campus. Our bid is located here: Wikimania 2008/Bids/Atlanta. Any help is appreciated! :) —Disavian (talk/contribs) 01:04, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Apologies if you already knew about it :) —Disavian (talk/contribs) 01:32, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No reason to appologize. :) --mav

I'd like to talk to you in real time about the bid. My AIM is on my profile; I'm looking forward to hearing from you! Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 01:40, 27 August 2007 (UTC)


 * ...are you there? Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 04:22, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

ITN
May I ask where you got the information for the wording on this item on ITN? --  tariq abjotu  01:26, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Portal:Current events. --mav

Wikimania Atlanta bid team meeting
Hello, The Wikimania Atlanta bid team meeting is being held nightly on weekdays. This week meetings are starting at 9:30EDT and running for a few hours. If you can make it to the meeting (or at least pop in) that would be wonderful. Meetings are in the IRC channel #wikimania-atlanta on irc.freenode.net.--Cspurrier 21:09, 29 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I tried to message you on IRC but you timed out. Please come back. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 03:48, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Nude celebrities on the Internet
At this discussion, we are trying to figure out how "Nude celebrities on the Internet" became a Featured Article. Any insight about this on your part would be much appreciated. --  Jreferee  (Talk) 16:34, 1 September 2007 (UTC)


 * This is soooo ancient history. I think I've explained it well enough there, although it was before my time. Marskell 16:53, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Donation notice rotation.
I'm ready to make your old idea about anonnotice rotation a reality. It would be useful if you'd look over my most recent message and comment. You may notice that the four new message I proposed are somewhat boring compared to some of the earlier proposals. I did this because I want to get the rotation behavior established and accepted before introducing any messages which some may find controversial. Once the rotation is in place we can use a message's actual performance as justification. --Gmaxwell 22:53, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Selected anniversaries
It seems that at some point, the naming scheme for selected anniversaries was changed from Template:<> <> selected anniversaries to Selected anniversaries/<> <>. However, moving all of these pages left a large number of orphaned and deprecated template redirects. Because the page history is now preserved in a separate location and all of these template redirects no longer have any legitimate use, would you have any objection to me deleting them? Cheers. --MZMcBride 14:03, 3 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete away. --mav

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Kings and Queens ref
No, sorry, I don't know of any. Fraser's Kings and Queens seems to be the most popular one, but I think she's quite weak on the Hanoverians (by which I mean too sensational for my taste) and tends to use older sources without recourse to more recent scholarship. All the best, DrKiernan 13:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Great, thanks. --mav

Wikimania Atlanta
Hello, Thank you for volunteering to be a part of the Atlanta Wikimaina bid southeast team. We are holding meetings weekdays at 7:30pm EDT in #wikimania-atlanta on irc.freenode.org. For more information about IRC see Wikimania_2008/Bids/Atlanta/IRC. If you are able to make it, that would be great.

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Oxygen
Hey Mav, I may be around again. I'm, probably not around in time to rescue Oxygen or anything like that, but someone is about to delete some stuff from essential amino acids that has its origin in my lectures at Rice. However, I can also reference the material to the text my professor used and the page. Dwmyers 23:48, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


 * That's cool. Glad to see you are still around. :) --mav

Wikimaina Atlanta meeting
We will be holding a meeting tonight at 9:30pm EDT in #wikimania-atlanta on irc.freenode.org. For more information about IRC see Wikimania_2008/Bids/Atlanta/IRC. Please try to be at this meeting as it is one of the last ones before bidding ends and we still have lots that need to be discussed. --Cspurrier 19:39, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Changing units
Whilst I agree than changing units from a cited source without due care and attention could result in a degradation in accuracy I don't necessarily agree with your other comments.

Scientific articles in Wikipedia are encouraged to be SI exclusively. Including running text and info boxes. This is all about readability. There are some shocking articles I have seen that can go like (this is not a direct quote, but I have found these units used like this):


 * The sun weighs XXX kg (YYY lb) and orbits the galaxy at XXX km/s (YYY mph) and has a density of XXX kg/m3 (YYY lb/US Gallon).

This is shocking readability and I've seen multiple paragraphs read like this in many scientific articles. It is simply not appropriate for scientific articles. Science the world over uses SI exclusively. Sure there may be a small number of users who may not understand what a kilogram is, but they can go and look it up.

This is wikipedia and things are done here by consensus. Scientific articles should generally not have conversion to imperial units unless agreed by consensus on the individual page. I won't revert your revert of my edit on the Uranium page but will seek consensus on the talk page as you should have done. Jim77742 02:10, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


 * You should have sought consensus before you degraded the citation's integrity. -- mav

State geological article requests
Hi. I honestly expected wikipedia to have full detailed articles on Geology by state e.g Geology of California or Geology of Utah. I'm not even from the States but I had fully expected a detailed article on each state. Some of the American geological articles are very poor or non existent see Basic geologic features of each state. PLease could your project aim to start these articles and develop them. All the best and thanks  ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦       "Talk"? 13:05, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

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